NUE: Integration of Nanotechnology into the ME curriculum via Energy Efficient Systems and Dynamic Structures

该工程纳米技术本科教育（NUE）项目题为“NUE：通过节能系统和动态结构将纳米技术整合到ME课程中”，位于内华达州大学里诺（UNR），在Kam K博士的指导下。梁，旨在准备在UNR的21世纪机械工程师，以满足纳米技术的新兴挑战，使用新的自上而下的“以学习者为中心”的教学方法，其中第一个重要的步骤是激发他们对技术。实用的，易于相关的宏观尺度的应用，如航空航天结构，风能涡轮机叶片，和滑雪板将被引入到大二和大三的课程，技术工程的挑战和需要改进这些应用程序的功能将被提出，然后链接到纳米技术提供的解决方案。 为了进一步加强这些概念，一套顶层设计项目，其中包括基于纳米复合材料的风能涡轮机叶片和滑雪板将开发为学生进入他们的研究高年级后，介绍了这些应用在前几年。

This Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Integration of Nanotechnology into the ME curriculum via Energy Efficient Systems and Dynamic Structures",at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), under the direction of Dr. Kam K. Leang, aims to prepare 21st century mechanical engineers at UNR to meet the emerging challenges of nanotechnology using a new top-down 'learner-centered' pedagogical approach where the first important step is to excite them about the technology. Practical, easy-to-relate-to macro-scale applications such as aerospace structures, wind-energy turbine blades, and snow skis will be introduced into sophomore and junior-level courses, the technical engineering challenges and need for improving functionality of these applications will be presented and then linked to solutions offered by nanotechnology. To further reinforce the concepts, a suite of capstone-level design projects which includes nanocomposite-based wind-energy turbine blades and snow skis will be developed for students entering their senior year of study after being introduced to these applications in previous years.